A Labor of Love: A Romantic Inn in France

A onetime medieval French settlement is transformed into a bucolic bolthole by a couple from Amsterdam.

Located in Le Perche, a national park in the Basse-Normandie region, a few hours outside Paris, D’une Ile is a hotel comprised of nine cottages and a restaurant. Husband and wife team Michel Mulder and Sofie Sleumer (he’s a professional chef and she’s an interior designer) collaborated on the design of the rooms; the result is a perfect merging of their talents and a manifestation of what they love to do best. For more information, go to D’une Ile.